The Tell-Tale Heart

One similarity between events in "The Tell-Tale Heart" and Edgar Allan Poe's life is the exploration of the theme of madness. Poe struggled with mental health issues throughout his life which influenced his writing. Additionally, the intensity and obsession of the narrator in the story mirror elements of Poe's own struggles with anxiety and paranoia.

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First person

He's unreliable.

Edgar Allen Poe's short story, The Tell-Tale Heart, is written in the first person. It is told by an unnamed narrator who describes a carefully calculated murder he committed, while attempting to convince the reader of his sanity.

The narrator became obsessed with the large eye of his landlord. He described it as like a vulture's eye and could not get it out of his mind. He eventually decided the only way to rid himself of this obsession was to kill the old man.

The neighbors called the police after hearing a shrike from the old man, the police search the whole house but don't find anything. Then, the narrator starts feeling a bit too cocky and places chairs right where he hid the old mans body in the floor, but he starts hearing a ring noise in his ears from the beating of the old mans heart (or at least that's what the guilt is described as) he gets so filled with furry that he tells them of the crime he committed.

Probably because he is demonstrably insane. No one else hears what he hears. His obsession with killing the old man is also evidence of his insanity. As someone who is not in touch with reality, what he has to say is therefore of dubious reliability.

The lantern used by the narrator is known as a dark-lantern, which means the light can be completely concealed by panels over the sides of the lantern. Because the lantern light is hidden throughout most of the story, and it sometimes only shows a thin ray of light, the lantern could symbolize a lack of insight by the narrator. It guides the narrator to see only what he wants to see, and reveals the old man's vulture eye.

Irony occurs when the author admits that he killed the old man but tries to convince the reader that he is not mad.

it is the narrator for both because he is the main person and he is the one who killed the old man. but i dont know what the old man is i used it for my report and i didnt get points taken off. so i should be right good luck!

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Reliable narrator is the standard form of narration in most stories. A narrator is the voice who is telling a story. That voice can be reliable or unreliable, in that it can be considered to always be telling the story accurately or not. Unreliable narration is really a special, rare case where the narrators credibility has been compromised. To understand reliable narration it is easiest to consider unreliable narration.

A narrator might be considered unreliable if their telling of the story is shown likely be inaccurate. The narrator may give conflicting accounts of events (e.g. "Hero"), be revealed to be lying (e.g. "The Usual Suspects"), or it may become apparent that the narrator though believing their account might be suffering from a mental disorder (e.g. "Memento"). In all these situations the narrative is taking place from the first person perspective.

Note that in the above examples (I used films, but it applies to everything) the narrator is deceiving the audience i.e. if the audience takes what the narrator says at face value then they have an inaccurate account of what took place. This is different from the narrator being either mistaken, or themselves deceived by another character, in which case they are not being unreliable.

No, it is a character study. Even though there are detectives in the story they do nothing but out-stay their welcome - they do not detect in any meaningful way.

The narrator fears the neighbors will hear the beating of the old man's heart.

If you are meaning clues that the police officers found to charge the murderer, here are some I came up with:

Clues collected for the murder of the old man:

v The shriek heard in the night that led the police officers to investigate the house.

v The confession from the young man that was arrested on the charge of murdering the old man.

v The young man being openly afraid and disgusted by 'evil eyes'. This gives a motive for the murder.

v The tool used the dismembered the corpse. This could be checked for fingerprints.

v The knowledge of the house; the floorboards that were torn up and the finding of a suitable weapon to cut up the body.

Clues collected by the police officers at the scene:

v The scraping of the chair against the floorboards in the place of the old man's dismembered corpse indicating knowledge of the body lying there.

v The rapid increase in volume and speed of the suspect's speech, showing his conscience and realisation of the crime he had just committed.

The narrator of the story gets a little excited because the old man he is staying with has one dead eye - so he kills him and conceals him under the floor boards of his room. The police come looking for the old guy and have a pleasant conversation with the narrator. The narrator however hears the beating of his victim's heart and becomes more and more distressed until he flies into a fit, implores the police to tear up the floor boards, and confesses.

'The Tell Tale Heart' was written by Edgar Allan Poe. It is a story about a killer and his guilt over the crime. The story was published in 1843 and is considered a good example of Gothic fiction.
Edgar Allan Poe wrote The Tell-Tale Heart.

Probably to put the old man completely at his ease and

prevent him from forming any suspicions.